• Additional things to remember: If you have children 11 and younger, they must meet the dog or cat as part of the adoption process - we need to be sure that the children and the pet are a match. For dog adoptions, bring your current dogs in the household (if you have dogs) for a meet and greet - all family members have to get along.

Adoptions are on a first-come, first-served basis to qualified adopters. Bonnie L. Hays Animal Shelter cannot do 'holds' - so come prepared to adopt when you arrive, Wood says.

The animals are at the Bonnie L. Hays Small Animal Shelter, 1901 S.E. 24th Ave. in Hillsboro (on the Tualatin Valley Highway right by Lowe's and the Home Depot).

Other animals from the case

There are other cats and dogs from the case that are still in too fragile condition to go up for adoption, with a variety of physical and behavioral problems, Wood adds. The shelter is working on long-term foster or rescue options for those animals.

"This will be a happy ending for many of the animals that have been through so much," she says.